I agree with OP They can be Death Knight. We still have Lich King who controls Scourge. OR we have Val'Kyr who can rise Death Knights. They are so Powerful that managed to rise Banshee Queen. What will stop them from resurrecting Pandas into Death Knights?

First Death Knights didnt need Lich King to be introduced in Game. Dark magic, Necromantic Magic that made them rise up. We can make Pandas Death Knights. Why not.
Maybe because it wont fit in their Kind nature. They dont even have Warlocks. Maybe Blizz dont want to make them look evil. It doesn't fits in their Characteristics. But imo it would be epic to see them in game.

They were raised the same time you were. You were simply a standout "student." Just because there's trainees around doesn't mean they're fresh raised corpses. Acherus hasn't been remodeled ever to update.

Originally Posted by Spichora

I agree with OP They can be Death Knight. We still have Lich King who controls Scourge. OR we have Val'Kyr who can rise Death Knights. They are so Powerful that managed to rise Banshee Queen. What will stop them from resurrecting Pandas into Death Knights?

First Death Knights didnt need Lich King to be introduced in Game. Dark magic, Necromantic Magic that made them rise up. We can make Pandas Death Knights. Why not.
Maybe because it wont fit in their Kind nature. They dont even have Warlocks. Maybe Blizz dont want to make them look evil. It doesn't fits in their Characteristics. But imo it would be epic to see them in game.

There were only a small handful of Pandaren out in the world at the time of Arthas (Chen was one.) There certainly weren't enough to have serving the Argent Dawn to fall in battle. It's also been explained in a lore Q&A a while back that the Ebon Blade can't create more numbers after they detached themselves from the Scourge and Arthas's influence, nor would they want to. The second the Ebon Blade starts resurrecting dead bodies to bolster their ranks is the same time they become Arthas and Sylvanas, two entities that they hate.

Documented in Lore, there's only been 3 known Pandaren until the Mists pulled back to travel. Li-Li, Bo (her protector who died in a Naga attack) and Chen. Everything else is speculation/too minor to note. Since we have both Chen and Li-Li now, I can't find any reasonable reason to call on Pandaren DKs.

Worgen DKs are convered members of Arugal's summoned Worgen.

Goblin DKs are from the Steamweedle Cartel.

They both join respective factions just to have a home after leaving the Scourge.

It killed three of them to do so. Val'kyr can not raise anything other than vrykul (and, therefore, humans as well).

Honestly, there's no reason to do allow them to be Death Knights. There were too few wandering about Azeroth prior to the creation of the Ebon Blade for them to have any significant impact on it. And we definitely don't need the excuse of "some random necromancer raised them" just for the sake of having them.

Pandas choose their faction as the leave their starting zone. DK's starting zone supersedes their race. DK's have a different instanced starting zone based on their faction.

So, in order to solve this issue panda DKs would either:
1. Choose their faction before starting the game... which might be a bit confusing on the user interface.
2. Have a separate panda DK starting zone (and let them choose at the end)... which would be a bit odd for players.

All in all, Blizz decided simply to prohibit panda DKs (and have to explain the bit of lore justifying it) rather than add the extra work to get this 1 class/race to work.

That's how it works with pre-mades on the PTR, it pops up with a red, gold and grey dialogue box asking you to pick your faction.

Lorewise, there MIGHT be a handful of Pandaren Death Knights. Not a lot. Not enough to rationalize the player base for it.

And yes, before you say it, I realize the Blood Elves and Draenei and Gnomes had their population decimated but they can still be Death Knights.

That reason isn't the same. There was likely less than 20 Pandaren wandering around Azeroth. There wasn't even a big population on the Wandering Isle, so its unlikely the small population that left was even smaller.

Lorewise, there MIGHT be a handful of Pandaren Death Knights. Not a lot. Not enough to rationalize the player base for it.

And yes, before you say it, I realize the Blood Elves and Draenei and Gnomes had their population decimated but they can still be Death Knights.

That reason isn't the same. There was likely less than 20 Pandaren wandering around Azeroth. There wasn't even a big population on the Wandering Isle, so its unlikely the small population that left was even smaller.

You only need two to have a playable DK one, you know. Hell, for that matter, you only need one, because one just gets killed to bring the other to their senses. That said, I'm fairly sure the wandering isle has a population of at least a couple hundred. It's like asking why there's only four buildings in Pallet Town.

Lorewise, there MIGHT be a handful of Pandaren Death Knights. Not a lot. Not enough to rationalize the player base for it.

And yes, before you say it, I realize the Blood Elves and Draenei and Gnomes had their population decimated but they can still be Death Knights.

That reason isn't the same. There was likely less than 20 Pandaren wandering around Azeroth. There wasn't even a big population on the Wandering Isle, so its unlikely the small population that left was even smaller.

Worgens can be death knights and the worgens that became death knights in lore is only a single one. Its you and another worgen that have escaped arugal, that's it and one of them gets killed off in the starting quests. That is one single death knight in lore, i don't see how them being a handful would be a obstacle with that.

That is one single death knight in lore, i don't see how them being a handful would be a obstacle with that.

You are mistaking character development with lore. Think about it for a little bit, just because every other death knight kills an old friend now means there were only two humans, or two orcs? Your argument is rather silly if you actually take a few more minutes to think about it.

You are mistaking character development with lore. Think about it for a little bit, just because every other death knight kills an old friend now means there were only two humans, or two orcs? Your argument is rather silly if you actually take a few more minutes to think about it.

Its not silly, the worgens actually becoming death knights in lore managing to escape arugal were only two, the player is the only worgen death knight still standing in the lore. Every other worgen is a gilnean one, the gilnean ones had no contact with the lich king or arugal at all, which is were the worgens who became playable death knights is coming from having gotten away from the experiments of arugal. Heck they should not even be able to shapeshift into humans as a worgen death knight as the arugal ones really came from night elfs. The ONLY reason you see more then 1 worgen dk running around is for gameplay reasons alone.

Worgens can be death knights and the worgens that became death knights in lore is only a single one. Its you and another worgen that have escaped arugal, that's it and one of them gets killed off in the starting quests. That is one single death knight in lore, i don't see how them being a handful would be a obstacle with that.

How Worgen became DKs is pretty contrived. It would probably be even worse if Pandaren became DKs. Blizzard really shouldnt have opened up so many classes to so many races. It dilutes the unique characteristics of each race like Night Elves not liking arcane magic, not being mages, and being druids. You also get the problem of seeing everyone in SW is human and everyone in Org is a Blood Elf. Theres no variety, everyone looks the same. The only time you really see Tauren is if you have a druid in the group.

Its not silly, the worgens actually becoming death knights in lore managing to escape arugal were only two, the player is the only worgen death knight still standing in the lore. Every other worgen is a gilnean one, the gilnean ones had no contact with the lich king or arugal at all, which is were the worgens who became playable death knights is coming from having gotten away from the experiments of arugal. Heck they should not even be able to shapeshift into humans as a worgen death knight as the arugal ones really came from night elfs. The ONLY reason you see more then 1 worgen dk running around is for gameplay reasons alone.

What I was attempting to get at with the lore vs character development was the fact that just because he says they were the only two does not mean that they were the only two. Considering the 'guy' you talk to 'escaped' where-as you did not, since you are dead and a death knight now. So how many other worgen made that transition due to other circumstances.

What I was attempting to get at with the lore vs character development was the fact that just because he says they were the only two does not mean that they were the only two. Considering the 'guy' you talk to 'escaped' where-as you did not, since you are dead and a death knight now. So how many other worgen made that transition due to other circumstances.

None, because you never see another worgen DK, other than players? I don't know if they can even be one of the people that you have to kill as your initial trial.

lorewise there is only one worgen death knight in the entire world and somehow he or she was allowed into the alliance... why? i dontknow probably the same reason wow allowed them to become dk varian probalby saw them and was like "oh meh glob you so cool sure you can join"

there WERE pandaren adventurers like chen stormstout, yes they had lessened in recent years but they still existed, why would it be so hard to say ""we adventured from the turtle and look where it got us undead and cant even taste beer anymore"

the only thing i can think of is that they couldnt figure out how to integrate the "choose your side" part into the death knight starting zone without breaking something and had to go "sorry guys we couldnt fix it so no dk for you"

any other excuse is bullshit because if worgen dk can be made simply on the basis they are cool theres no reason pandaren couldnt unless the problem was mechanically

"I was a normal baby for 30 seconds, then ninjas stole my mamma" - Deadpool
"so what do we do?" "well jack, you stand there and say 'gee rocket raccoon I'm so glad you brought that Unfeasibly large cannon with you..' and i go like this BRAKKA BRAKKA BRAKKA" - Rocket Raccoon

lorewise there is only one worgen death knight in the entire world and somehow he or she was allowed into the alliance... why? i dontknow probably the same reason wow allowed them to become dk varian probalby saw them and was like "oh meh glob you so cool sure you can join"

there WERE pandaren adventurers like chen stormstout, yes they had lessened in recent years but they still existed, why would it be so hard to say ""we adventured from the turtle and look where it got us undead and cant even taste beer anymore"

the only thing i can think of is that they couldnt figure out how to integrate the "choose your side" part into the death knight starting zone without breaking something and had to go "sorry guys we couldnt fix it so no dk for you"

any other excuse is bullshit because if worgen dk can be made simply on the basis they are cool theres no reason pandaren couldnt unless the problem was mechanically

Even the choose your side 'issue' isn't an issue, because there is tech built into the character creation set up to allow for choosing faction from it if needed. You see it when you make a premade 90 pandaren.

Even the choose your side 'issue' isn't an issue, because there is tech built into the character creation set up to allow for choosing faction from it if needed. You see it when you make a premade 90 pandaren.

then who knows. i really wish they would add them to it. pandaren are my favorite race i waited since vanilla for blizz to add them and i cant even play as one on my main O-O

"I was a normal baby for 30 seconds, then ninjas stole my mamma" - Deadpool
"so what do we do?" "well jack, you stand there and say 'gee rocket raccoon I'm so glad you brought that Unfeasibly large cannon with you..' and i go like this BRAKKA BRAKKA BRAKKA" - Rocket Raccoon